Canadian News – B.C. wildfire: Exhausted evacuees make their way to Kamloops, more centres open #News in #Canada

As multiple wildfires continue to consume the province, close to 40,000 people have been forced out of their homes.

One of the latest evacuations orders was Williams Lake, where thousands of people were told to leave Saturday night.

Residents were asked to go to Little Fort for further instructions, but some say things were very confusing once they arrived.

“We got there, they just waved us through. Some were waved to Prince George, some to Kamloops… but nobody had any information there and that was a bit disappointing,” said Sage Birchwater, a William Lake evacuee.

“We thought there would be something there.”

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Suzana Crocker, another evacuee, said they had to drive all night to get to the Emergency Social Services Centre at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops.

“I haven’t slept yet, we drove all night. It took us over an hour to get from the Tim Hortons in Williams Lake to 150 Mile House, which is normally about 15-20 minute drive, and it took us well over an hour.”

She said traffic was so backed up that they couldn’t go faster than 10 kilometres an hour.